Job ID: 710807BR Date posted: Nov. 13, 2025
Description:The Aeronautic Technical Planning team has been established to ensure all Aero Lines of Business (LOB) have a standard approach to proposal development defining a sound basis for execution of an integrated effort across technical teams. This is a key part of any effort to define a proposal baseline, as well as to establish a Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) after contract award. This standard technical planning approach / process is also intended to enable subsequent technical management activities. The Aero Technical Planning team is responsible for providing guidance and/or oversight to the appropriate teams during the proposal development process enabling the creation of robust technical artifacts increasing the technical integrity of the product. The team will also assist in establishing a strong technical plan and business rhythm for contract execution.

Key responsibilities include:

- Lead a team of technical planners; helping to build their competency of the proposal process and technical products.
- Provide oversight to team ensuring they have the knowledge to perform their required duties, to include but not limited to:
- Coordinate with technical teams across all Engineering domains as well as other Functions (i.e. Production, Sustainment, Quality, Supply Chain) to ensure all engineering elements of the product, workflows, and their dependencies are appropriately defined and documented as required
- Provide analysis of existing technical documents that define the current plan and provide recommendations/path forward to increase technical integrity of the product
- Leverage existing standard planning process models to perform these efforts and use process modeling tools to maintain the standard processes.
- Establish the framework, develop the process, and set expectations for Systems Engineering with regards to technical planning within Aero LOBs.
- Responsible for creating a Configuration Matrix (identifying H/W and S/W impacts), providing inputs to the OBS/WBS, capturing/managing technical ground rules & assumptions, and assist with creating integrated schedules and risks & opportunities.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (System/Software Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical, etc.) from an accredited college
- Technical Planning experience during the proposal and / or early contract execution phases.
- Air Systems Experience in one or more of the following areas: System Design, Verification, Systems Integration & Test (SI&T), Flight Test, Software, Supplier management
- Experience and/or knowledge of the Systems Engineering Process
- Active SECRET security clearance
Desired Skills:
- Knowledge/experience working with proposals
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Experience working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience with Risk & Opportunity Management
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
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Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Systems Engineering: Other
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First